GEORGE TOWN: Penang will set up a tariff monitoring task force and develop a toolkit to help affected sectors deal with the tariffs announced by the United States. Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the task force will function as a central coordination platform to track trade developments, engage with affected sectors, and inform responsive policy...
The Petaling District Disaster Management Committee has opened two temporary relief shelters for residents in Klang and Shah Alam affected by floods following heavy rain on Friday (April 11) morning. Petaling district officer Huzunul Khaidil Mohammed, who is also its disaster committee chairman, said the shelters are located at Dewan Kenanga in Section 28 for affected...
IPOH: Individuals found guilty of littering offences will soon be required to perform mandatory community service while wearing a designated green uniform, says Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming. Nga stated that the order to introduce community service penalties for littering offences has been tabled in parliament and is expected to pass in the...
GOMBAK: All VIPs are flagged in the border control system as "Travel Control Office/Order" (TCO), even the prime minister, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. “Every VIP has this (TCO), even me,” he told reporters briefly after a "meet the PM" programme at the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) campus here on Friday (April 11) before...
KULAI: A 40-year-old motorcyclist has been arrested for robbing and injuring two women at different locations here. Kulai OCPD Asst Comm Tan Seng Lee said the first armed robbery took place behind a restaurant in Jalan Seri Putra here, where the suspect was believed to have hacked a 52-year-old Indonesian woman using a parang before fleeing...
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court here on Tuesday (April 8) upheld the ruling which found lawyer Datuk Sreesanthan Eliathamby liable for insider trading of Worldwide Holdings Berhad shares in 2006 and ordered him to pay RM2.99mil, including a RM1mil civil penalty. The total amount comprises RM1,989,402, representing three times the profit gained from the insider trading, in...
GEORGE TOWN: A police officer is believed to have accidentally shot himself in the head.while at the guard post of the state police headquarters here on Tuesday (April 8). Penang police chief Datuk Hamzah Ahmad confirmed the incident, said the 58-year-old corporal who was attached to the camp commandant branch at the state police headquarters was...
Hong Kong actor Ai Wai recently revealed that his wife Lisa Chan is currently in hospital battling a serious liver disease. In an interview with HK01, Ai Wai, 66, shared that Chan is in critical condition and urgently needs a liver transplant. “She always puts on a brave face around friends, acting like everything is fine. She’s...
KANGAR: All mosques in Perlis have been directed to recite Qunut Nazilah (supplication for protection during times of calamity) during the final raka'ah of the five daily prayers starting from Fajr prayer on Wednesday (April 9), until further notice. The Raja Muda of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail, said the order was issued with the...
KUALA LUMPUR: A chemist testified in the High Court on Tuesday (April 8) that an analysis of a block of cannabis revealed a net weight of 300.1 grammes. Harlisa Haidhir Harminder, 43, from the Narcotics Division of the Forensic Science Analysis Centre at the Malaysian Department of Chemistry, said on Sept 10, 2024, she received an...
